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[Lonni J Friedman]

People in Academia aren't the typical market.  Google Docs is quite
crappy when you're using the free version.  The enterprise version is
quite good.

On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 3:13 PM, The Small Box Admin via Linux-users
<linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
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> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 8:37 AM, Lonni J Friedman via Linux-users
> <linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
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>> 2016 is the year of the linux desktop!
>>
>> to be honest, the concept of a desktop has lost its luster.  most
>> folks aren't buying computers any more, they're using mobile devices
>> (phones, tablets, etc).
>
>
> I don't know, I have two kids in college (Electrical Engineering & Computer
> Science) and as much as people would like to think that
> tablets/phones/Chromebooks are taking over, there is still a very large
> market for full blown laptops and desktops.  As always, it depends on your
> application.  Every once in a while I hear a scream about how crappy Google
> Docs is when one of them is writing a group project paper.  Especially if
> there are a lot of diagrams.
>
> BTW, I'm writing this on a trash can (Mac Pro).  Terrible design for a
> desktop.
>
> Ken
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>> On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 8:32 AM, Ken Moffat via Linux-users
>> <linux-users at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>> > Does anyone else feel that LInux has lost it's luster? (Not in the
>> > server
>> > area but for any possible mainstream desktop usage.)
>> > Ken
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